Posted on 06/24/2004 2:26:53 AM PDT by Neets
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!
Today In History
1314 - Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce won over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland.
1340 - The English fleet defeated the French fleet at Sluys, off the Flemish coast.
1664 - New Jersey, named after the Isle of Jersey, was founded.
1509 - Henry VIII was crowned King of England.
1497 - Italian explorer John Cabot, sailing in the service of England, landed in North America on what is now Newfoundland.
1675 - King Philip's War began when Indians massacre colonists at Swansee, Plymouth colony.
1793 - The first republican constitution in France was adopted.
1812 - Napoleon crossed the Nieman River and invaded Russia.
1859 - At the Battle of Solferino, also known as the Battle of the Three Sovereigns, the French army led by Napoleon III defeated the Austrian army under Franz Joseph I in northern Italy.
1861 - Federal gunboats attacked Confederate batteries at Mathias Point, Virginia.
1862 - U.S. intervention saved the British and French at the Dagu forts in China.
1869 - Mary Ellen "Mammy" Pleasant officially became the Vodoo Queen in San Francisco, CA.
1896 - Booker T. Washington became the first African American to receive an honorary MA degree from Howard University.
1910 - The Japanese army invaded Korea.
1913 - Greece and Serbia annulled their alliance with Bulgaria following border disputes over Macedonia and Thrace.
1922 - The American Professional Football Association took the name of The National Football League.
1931 - The Soviet Union and Afghanistan signed a treaty of neutrality.
1940 - France signed an armistice with Italy.
1940 - TV cameras were used for the first time in a political convention as the Republicans convened in Philadelphia, PA.
1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pledged all possible support to the Soviet Union.
1947 - Kenneth Arnold reported seeing flying saucers over Mt. Rainier, Washington.
1948 - The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade.
1953 - John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier announced their engagement.
1955 - Soviet MIG's down a U.S. Navy patrol plane over the Bering Strait.
1962 - The New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers, 9-7, after 22 innings.
1964 - The Federal Trade Commission announced that starting in 1965, cigarette manufactures would be required to include warnings on their packaging about the harmful effects of smoking.
1968 - "Resurrection City," a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People's March on Washington D.C., was closed down by authorities.
1970 - The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
1970 - The movie "Myra Breckinridge" premiered.
1971 - The National Basketball Association modified its four-year eligibility rule to allow for collegiate hardship cases.
1975 - 113 people were killed when an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1985 - Natalia Solzhenitsyn the wife of exiled, Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, became a U.S. citizen.
1997 - 18-year-old Melissa Drexler was charged with murder in the death of her baby. Drexler had given birth during her prom.
1997 - The U.S. Air Force released a report on the "Roswell Incident," suggesting the alien bodies witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were actually life-sized dummies.
1998 - AT&T Corp. struck a deal to buy cable TV giant Tele-Communications Inc. for $31.7 billion.
1998 - Walt Disney World Resort admitted its 600-millionth guest.
2002 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that juries, not judges, must make the decision to give a convicted killer the death penalty.
2002 - A painting from Monet's Waterlilies series sold for $20.2 million.
2003 - In Paris, France, manuscripts by novelist Georges Simenon brought in $325,579. The original manuscript of "La Mort de Belle" raised $81,705.
He has selective memory. He's as crazy as clinton. FOX says he is the DNC mouth piece.
For news we won't find in the mainstream press, here's a tidbit:
The UN says that Saddam shipped WMD out of the country before, during and after the war.
Even the Canadian PM, no friend to America, said in a recent speech that we know terrorists have obtained WMD from Saddam.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1159171/posts
Enough of this complaining from me. I love my mom, and thankfully she is healthy and will celebrate her 80th birthday. One does get frustrated from time to time, but I alsways try to remember how I must have driven my mom crazy when I was 16. LOL!
I am going outside to do some work. I will check in later.
Will Gore's speech be televised? Tom, if it is, will you get us another screen shot? Seriously, I think Gore's performances could be used as evidence that he is bonkers. It's no wonder that Tipper was interested in mental health.
I haven't heard if the speech will be televised or when it is.
Sometimes it need only be a temporary solution.
Dad too had problems after surgery...plus a new diuretic in his system...
..and did not want to resort to this measure....
..and yet it gives a peace of mind.
Are you reading between the lines here :)
lysie, you're doing much too much already...
..please encourage her or firmly tell her to take responsibility for 'this'...and get her some Depends!!
My fav....
I feel...I can't give mom the excellent care they are giving her at the 'home', especially with her advancing Alzheimers & her deafness....
..3 square meals a day....nutritionally sound and measured in the right amounts...
..extreme cleanliness in her room, etc....
..but most of all...
.. care/observation when she leaves her room....
...encouragement, stimulation and pleasure on a daily basis....
...appreciation of her piano playing abilities and letting her entertain...
...meds on time.
The 'issues' mom & I had with each other are buried within her psyche, but she still won't interract with me to 'do things' or let me motivate her.
Others, however, can motivate her well on a daily basis.
Plus the rest this 'home' is giving dad.....with a call button at hand and his doctor & hospital only blocks away.
Hubby & I are still 'hands on'.....
..taking them for doctor's visits,
..taking dad's meds to him on a weekly basis....,
..meeting needs
...but I am thankful we were fortunate to have this place...
..the truth of it is, though, per capita, Florida has more than its share of assisted living homes catering to the older population we have always had.
lysie, God bless you and your efforts!
Pace yourself....do what you can, but don't be hard on yourself.
My mom told me from the beginning....years and years ago...
..'never put me in an nursing home'....
...well....mom doesn't even know where she is...
..but she knows she loves it there....she truly does.
..every time I visit she tells me how wonderful the place is and how kind folks are.....she's aware enough to realize this.
...if it comes to a 'home' lysie, don't hesitate....and there's 'help' out there too.
You should have an 'elder care' office in your town or county and might could use an advocate.
Though the bikes are right up there too!!!! LOL!
So true.
Thank goodness.
I was beginning to wonder about you.
Everyone have a nice weekend.
You have alot of 911 commission links and info. I heard Tom Sullivan on Rush yesterday talk about an Al Queda plan to take over a Russian Nuke Silo that is targeted at the US and have it launch? Any info where that was in the 911 reports (I think he mentioned the 911 commission, but only half listening at work or someone here was bothering me with a work related question) so far? I looked at a couple of the pdf files posted on the 911 commission site and have not found anything.... Thanks.
I'll look around; I had not heard that.
I checked Rush's web site and didn't see any mention of this matter. Now I'm curious....
I enjoyed the bikes...those were some attractive frames...;-)
I'll try to listen to yesterdays show sometime. I won't be able to tomorrow or over the weekend but early next week I should be able to..... Maybe he'll mention something again today....
LOL! ;-)
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